Tainted Earth: Smelters, Public Health, and the Environment

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Tainted Earth Critical Issues in Health and Medicine Edited by Rima D. Apple, University of Wisconsin–Madison, and Janet Golden, Rutgers University, Camden Growing criticism of the U.S. health care system is coming from consumers, politicians, the media, activists, and health care professionals. Critical Issues in Health and Medicine is a collection of books that explores these contemporary dilemmas from a variety of perspectives, among them political, legal, historical, sociological, and comparative, and with attention to crucial dimensions such as race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, and culture. For a list of titles in the series, see the last page of the book. Tainted Earth Smelters, Public Health, and the Environment MARIANNE SULLIVAN RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PRESS NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY, AND LONDON Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sullivan, Marianne, 1970– Tainted earth : smelters, public health, and the environment / Marianne Sullivan. p. ; cm. — (Critical issues in health and medicine) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978–0–8135–6279–7 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 978–0–8135–6278–0 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978–0–8135–6280–3 (e-book) I. I Title. I. Series: Critical issues in health and medicine. [DNLM: 1. Environmental Pollution—adverse effects—Idaho. 2. Environmental Pollution—adverse effects—Texas. 3. Environmental Pollution—adverse effects— Washington. 4. Environmental Pollution—history—Idaho. 5. Environmental Pollution—history—Texas. 6. Environmental Pollution—history—Washington. 7. Carcinogens, Environmental—toxicity—Idaho. 8. Carcinogens, Environmental— toxicity—Texas. 9. Carcinogens, Environmental—toxicity—Washington. 10. Extraction and Processing Industry—Idaho. 11. Extraction and Processing Industry—Texas. 12. Extraction and Processing Industry—Washington. 13. History, 20th Century—Idaho. 14. History, 20th Century—Texas. 15. History, 20th Century—Washington. 16. Industrial Waste—adverse effects—Idaho. 17. Industrial Waste—adverse effects—Texas. 18. Industrial Waste—adverse effects—Washington. WA 670] RA576.A1 363.739’2—dc23 2013013432 A British Cataloging-in-Publication record for this book is available from the British Library. Copyright © 2014 by Marianne Sullivan All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. Please contact Rutgers University Press, 106 Somerset Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. The only exception to this prohibition is “fair use” as defined by U.S. copyright law. Visit our website: http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu Manufactured in the United States of America For James ...